Woman went to job as masseuse, then she’s forced to perform sex acts, NM cops say

A massage parlor owner was charged after being accused of forcing an employee to perform sex acts on customers, New Mexico officials said.

In April 2024, a woman told Farmington officers she had been lured to the city from another state “under false pretenses,” according to a July 2 Facebook post by the police department.

She thought she was going to Farmington to work as massage therapist but when she got to the massage parlor, she was forced to perform sexual acts on customers, police said.

“We found a container for new and used condoms, we found a price sheet,” Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe told KOB4 in 2024.

Fu Shuping, 53, the owner of Health Spa, was linked to multiple parlors operating in the area, throughout New Mexico and across the U.S., police said.

The woman told officers she and Shuping got into an argument after she explained that she no longer wanted to work at Health Spa but Shuping “said she better not go to the police cause she knows where the victim and her family lives,” officials told KOAT in 2024.

McClatchy News reached out to Health Spa on July 2 for a statement and was awaiting a response.

Shuping was charged with human trafficking, racketeering, kidnapping, extortion and promoting prostitution, police said.

A warrant for her arrest was issued and the investigation is ongoing, police said.

Farmington is about a 180-mile drive northwest from Albuquerque.

This story was originally published July 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM with the headline "Woman went to job as masseuse, then she’s forced to perform sex acts, NM cops say."